Table 1

HIV prevalence by different socio-demographic characteristics of respondents in Ethiopia, 2011

Characteristics of respondentsHIV prevalence with 95%CITotal weighted respondentsWeighted number of HIV Cases
Sex
 Male1.1 (0.84 to 1.18)13,642148
 Female1.9 (1.70 to 2.12)14,684283
Residence
 Urban4.3 (3.81 to 4.81)6,491279
 Rural0.7 (0.60 to 0.81)21,835152
Religion
 Christian1.8 (1.62 to 1.99)19,716365
 Muslim0.7 (0.54 to 0.90)8,03257
 Traditional and others1.5 (0.75 to 2.79)5789
Administrative regions
 Tigray1.8 (1.26 to 2.46)1,81633
 Afar1.9 (0.52 to 3.90)2364
 Amhara1.6 (1.34 to 1.89)7,705124
 Oromia1.0 (0.83 to 1.20)10,558106
 Somali1.6 (0.73 to 2.95)5559
 Benishangul-gumuz1.4 (0.42 to 3.12)2944
 SNNPR1.1 (0.85 to 1.40)5,35357
 Gambella6.6 (3.51 to 12.60)1238
 Harari2.9 (0.42 to 8.01)863
 Addis Ababa5.3 (4.14 to 6.451,48478
 Dire Dawa4.0 (1.64 to 9.53)1175
Wealth Index
 Poorest0.4 (0.25 to 0.59)4,95021
 Poorer0.5 (0.33 to 0.71)5,27324
 Middle0.7 (0.50 to 0.95)5,38239
 Richer1.1 (0.86 to 1.39)5,72261
 Richest4.1 (3.65 to 4.58)6,999286
Education
 Not formal education1.1 (0.93 to 1.29)12,391136
 Primary1.6 (1.39 to 1.83)12,837205
 Secondary and higher2.4 (1.95 to 2.94)3,73890
Marital status
 Never married0.4 (0.29 to 0.55)9,19941
 Currently married1.4 (1.24 to 1.58)17,169252
 Formerly married6.9 (5.87 to 8.07)1,958138
Age groups
 15-190.2 (0.11 to 0.33)6,36211
 20-240.7 (0.50 to 0.97)4,87133
 25-292.1 (1.73 to 2.52)5,041104
 30-342.7 (2.18 to 3.28)3,28389
 35-393.0 (2.47 to 3.62)3,342104
 40-442.1 (1.49 to 2.66)2,19945
 45-491.9 (1.27 to 2.43)1,97537
 50+0.7 (0.31 to 1.26)1,2528
Number of life time sexual partners
 Single0.9 (0.75 to 1.08)13,063118
 Multiple3.7 (3.30 to 4.15)7,612282
Ever alcohol drinking
 No1.0 (0.85 to 1.17)14,727147
 Yes2.0 (1.78 to 2.24)14,229285
Comprehensive knowledge on HIV
 No1.5 (1.36 to 1.65)27,505413
 Yes0.3 (0.05 to 0.97)6762
Exposure to mass media
 No1.0 (0.79 to 1.24)7,34173
 Yes1.7 (1.53 to 1.88)21,495365
Occupational status
 Not working including house wives1.3 (1.06 to 1.58)7,24094
 Corporate and general managers1.2 (0.06 to 5.54)871
 Teaching and associate professions2.0 (1.06 to 3.66)48310
 Health and life science workers2.4 (0.64 to 6.60)1213
 Construction and engineering workers2.9 (0.10 to 9.29)511
 Front line service workers4.1 (2.73 to 5.81)64026
 Sales workers2.7 (2.22 to 3.24)3,932106
 Agricultural workers0.5 (0.37 to 0.65)9,69248
 Daily laborers0.7 (0.49 to 0.99)4,25830
 Merchants5.4 (4.41 to 6.48)1,84299
 Mobile workers including drivers, operators and assemblers5.7 (2.94 to 9.40)19911
 Other occupations*0.1 (0.03 to 2.48)1971
Total1.5 (1.35 to 1.63)28,326431
  • *Students, armed, legal, higher officials and ill people. Since we did a pooled data of both men 15–59 and women 15–49, a very slight difference in figures have been shown from the original EDHS report.